HP LTO Ultrium User Manual

• Combined automation and remote LED connector (for automation use)
For details of the combined automation and remote LED connector, see “Automation and remote
LED connector” on page 37. For details of the use of the ADI connector in libraries, see “Automation
interface” on page 70.
• Diagnostic serial port connector
The proprietary serial HP LTO diagnostic port. To access this port via RS232 requires an HP LTO
Diagnostic Interface Card. Diagnostic information from the drive can be accessed by connecting
to the serial communications port on a computer. Contact HP for further details on this diagnostic
port and its function.
On Fibre Channel drives only:
• Power connector (FC drives only)
A standard 4–pin power connector used to supply the 5V and 12V power the tape drive.
• Fibre Channel connectors
Two Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP) duplex-LC fibre channel transceivers. Depending on the
specific configuration, only one SFP FC transceiver may be installed.
NOTE:
Half-height drives only have a single fixed duplex-LC Fibre Channel transceiver.
On SAS drives:
• A standard internal SAS connector.
SAS drives do not have a normal power connector and should be powered via the SAS connector.
Installing standalone drives
If you are installing the tape drive on a UNIX system, refer to the UNIX Configuration Guide, Volume
5 of the HP LTO Ultrium Technical Reference Manual.
Identifying the drive
The model name is on the front panel and the product and serial numbers are on a label on the bottom
of the drive.
Connecting the drive
SAS connection
The rear panel connections of external SAS standalone drives consist of a mains power connector
and a Mini-SAS connector. The drive should be connected to the host server/expander with a good
quality external SAS cable that is as short as possible. If you are attaching a SAS drive to a server,
you need a properly installed and configured SAS host bus adapter (HBA) or a built-in SAS controller
on your server with a spare SAS port. For optimum performance your tape drive should only be
connected to a 6 Gbps SAS host bus adapter or SAS controller, but the drive will also work with a
1.5 or 3 Gbps SAS bus.
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HP LTO Ultrium Specifications

General

Category	Tape Drive
Capacity (Compressed)	Up to 30 TB (LTO-8), Up to 45 TB (LTO-9)
Transfer Rate (Compressed)	Up to 900 MB/s (LTO-8), Up to 1000 MB/s (LTO-9)
Interface	SAS, Fibre Channel
Technology	Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
WORM Support	Yes
Encryption Support	Yes (AES 256-bit)
Partitioning Support	Yes
Capacity (Native)	Up to 12 TB (LTO-8), Up to 18 TB (LTO-9)
Transfer Rate (Native)	Up to 360 MB/s (LTO-8), Up to 400 MB/s (LTO-9)
Backward Read Compatibility	Yes (LTO-8 reads LTO-7, LTO-6; LTO-9 reads LTO-8, LTO-7)
Backward Write Compatibility	Yes (LTO-8 writes to LTO-7; LTO-9 writes to LTO-8)